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Population status and trends at the EU and Member State levels

The Article 12 web tool provides an access to EU assessments and Member States’ data compiled as part of the Habitats Directive - Article 12 reporting process. The EU assessments have been carried out in EU 27 for the period 2008-2012 and in EU28 for the period 2013-2018.

Choose period, species and if relevant sub-specific unit.

Once a selection has been made the breeding distribution of the species can be visualized in a map.

The ‘Data sheet info’ includes notes for each assessment per species.

The ‘Audit trail’ includes the methods used for the EU assessment and justifications for decisions made by the assessors.

Warning: The map does not show the distribution for sensitive species in IE

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Increasing
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Stable
x
Unknown
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Decreasing
F
Fluctuating
u
Uncertain

Codes ‘PT’, ‘ES ‘correspond to Portugal mainland (excluding Azores-PTAC and Madeira-PTMA) and Spain mainland (excluding Canary Islands-ESIC) respectively.
Similarly ‘UK’ stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (excluding Gibraltar-GIB).
The data from delayed delivery by Romania were not used for the EU population status assessment.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2013-2018, Charadrius dubius. Show all
Data from Member States reports
MS Breeding population Breeding distribution Winter population Breeding area from
gridded maps (km2)
Ssp. / subsp. unit
Population size Population trend Distribution size Distribution trend Population size Population trend
Min
Mouse-over texts for entries below show "Method used" reported for population size as a whole:
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT completeSurvey
BE estimatePartial
BG estimatePartial
CY estimateExpert
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimateExpert
ES completeSurvey
ESIC completeSurvey
FI estimatePartial
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU estimateExpert
IE estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LU estimatePartial
LV estimatePartial
MT completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SE estimatePartial
SI completeSurvey
SK estimatePartial
UK completeSurvey
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude
Mouse-over texts for entries below show "Method used" reported for distribution surface area (in km²):
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT completeSurvey
BE completeSurvey
BG estimateExpert
CY estimateExpert
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
ESIC completeSurvey
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimatePartial
HU completeSurvey
IE estimatePartial
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LU estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
MT completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SE estimatePartial
SI estimateExpert
SK estimatePartial
UK completeSurvey
Area
% MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Min
Mouse-over texts below show "Method used" reported for population size value(s):
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT
BE
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
ESIC
FI
FR
GR
HR
HU
IE
IT
LT
LU
LV
MT
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
SI
SK
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
430
630
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.6
2007-2018 + 10 | 30 | (N/A) 1981-2018 x N/A 20700 1.6 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (1) 1981-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 19500 1.5
BE
350
620
490
p
estimate
method
0.5
2008-2018 = N/A 1973-2018 = N/A 18906 # 1.4 2008-2018 + N/A | N/A | (210.65) 1973-2018 + N/A | N/A | (55.49) 16200 1.2
BG
1400
2400
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2.1
2001-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 34466 2.6 2001-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 37400 2.9
CY
9
29
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 50 | 150 | (N/A) 800 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-34) 1980-2018 x N/A 800
CZ
800
1600
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
1.3
2001-2017 = 0 | 14 | (N/A) 1981-2017 x N/A # 44100 3.4 2002-2016 = N/A | N/A | (7.2) 1986-2016 + N/A | N/A | (11.35) # 43600 3.3
DE
4800
7000
N/A
p
mean
genuine
6.5
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-13) 1980-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-19) 178178 13.6 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 184200 14.1
DK
N/A
N/A
512
p
estimate
N/A
#
0.6
2006-2017 x N/A 1996-2017 = -18.04000 | 158.17 | (46.56) # 27400 2.1 1996-2017 + N/A | N/A | (59.3) 1974-2017 + N/A | N/A | (226.19) # 27300 2.1
EE
1000
2000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.7
2006-2017 = N/A 1980-2017 = -160 | 184 | (N/A) 20400 1.6 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-2) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-34) 20200 1.6
ES
N/A
N/A
33050
p
interval
knowledge
#
36.5
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-5.1) 1980-2018 u N/A # 75711 5.8 2007-2018 + 5.34 | 19.8 | (N/A) 1980-2018 u -10 | 10 | (N/A) # 78700 6.0
ESIC
N/A
N/A
74
p
minimum
genuine
#
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A # 3100 0.2 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-58) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-46.48) # 3700 0.3
FI
1500
2300
2000
p
estimate
genuine
#
2.2
2007-2018 = -64 | 152 | (1) 1980-2018 u N/A 70900 5.4 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 32 | 32 | (N/A) 70800 5.4
FR
5000
7000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
6.6
2007-2018 x N/A 1983-2018 x N/A 157400 12.0 2009-2018 = 0 | 4 | (N/A) 1985-2018 + N/A | N/A | (18) 156400 12.0
GR
3000
5000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
4.4
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-38) 44500 3.4 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 40400 3.1
HR
N/A
N/A
1000
p
minimum
N/A
1.1
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 85 2007-2018 x N/A 1995-2018 x N/A 6300 0.5
HU
470
760
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
0.7
2007-2018 - -49 | -41 | (N/A) 1995-2018 - -71 | -67 | (N/A) 19871 1.5 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 2100 0.2
IE
1
5
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2013-2018 + N/A 1991-2018 + N/A 300 2011-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1991-2018 + N/A # 300
IT
2300
4000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.5
2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 + 0 | 15 | (N/A) 115900 8.8 2007-2018 - -10 | -5 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 70 | 75 | (N/A) 115800 8.9
LT
2500
4000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.6
2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 14300 1.1 2006-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 14300 1.1
LU
10
15
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 217 # 2007-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 2700 0.2
LV
450
900
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.8
2000-2017 x N/A 1991-2017 - -64 | -63 | (N/A) 20200 1.5 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-33) 1980-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-12) 20200 1.6
MT
2
3
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-68) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (200) # 1 2008-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-99) 1980-2018 = N/A 100
NL
1200
1500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.5
2006-2017 + 38 | 80 | (58) 1980-2017 + 130 | 146 | (138) 36400 # 2.8 2000-2015 + N/A | N/A | (20.52) 1977-2015 + N/A | N/A | (67.74) 35000 2.7
PL
5000
13000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
9.9
2007-2018 u -36 | 865 | (169) 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
1000
5000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
3.3
2007-2018 u N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 16200 # 1.2 2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-50) 1980-2018 x N/A # 16100 1.2
RO
3000
10000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
7.2
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 82600 6.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 81700 6.2
SE
1300
2300
1800
p
estimate
noChange
2.0
2007-2018 = -20 | 20 | (0) 1980-2018 = -30 | 50 | (0) 218500 16.6 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + 10 | 20 | (15) 218300 16.7
SI
200
400
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.3
2006-2018 u N/A | N/A | (20) 1980-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 4800 # 0.4 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (25) # 4500 0.3
SK
1000
2000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.7
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 29438 2.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 31100 2.4
UK
1175
1311
1239
p
estimate
noChange
1.4
2001-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-13) 1978-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-11) # 59700 4.5 1989-2009 + 42.14 | 42.14 | (N/A) 1970-2009 + 107.29 | 107.29 | (N/A) 59700 4.6
EU population status assessments
Breeding population Breeding distribution Winter population EU population
status
Contribution
to Target 1
Season Previous status Ssp. / subsp. unit
Population size (min) Population size (max) Unit Short-term trend Long-term trend Area Short-term trend Long-term trend Population size (min) Population size (max) Unit Short-term trend Long-term trend Breeding Wintering
EU28 72500 105000 p x x 1230000 NE NE Unknown E B Secure Charadrius dubius